criblage
\kʁi.blaʒ\
The verdict
“criblage” is uncommon French (frequency #84,672 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,672
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de passer au crible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criblage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁi.blaʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “criblage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
criblage is uncommon French at frequency #84,672 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁi.blaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for criblage, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is criblage, spelled C-R-I-B-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de passer au crible.
- 2Tri effectué, au sein d’une population, afin d’isoler les individus qui possèdent des caractères particuliers.
- 3Analyse d’un secteur d’activité effectuée selon des critères choisis, en vue de sélectionner certaines entreprises.
- 4Opération visant à connaitre le passé d'une personne par une enquête administrative, principalement pour les métiers relatifs à la sureté d'un État.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “criblage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-I-B-L-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁi.blaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.